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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
MAKLUMAN
Bahasa Rungus dan Penggunaannya adalah suatu pelajaran bagaiman untuk menggunakan bahasa rungus dalam percakapan sehari-hari. Melalui blog ini juga, kita akan mengenali beberapa perkataan yang tidak lagi digunakan oleh penutur bahasa rungus pada masa ini. Kajian bahasa dan penggunaannya juga telah direkodkan untuk menyimpan maklumat dalam bentuk sejarah. Dari situ kita dapat mengetahui segala usaha yang telah direncanakan untuk mengembangkan bahasa ini sehinggalah menjadi suatu bahasa yang standard untuk digunakan oleh generasi kita sama ada dari segi bahasa lisan mahupun dalam bentuk tulisan.
TEKNIK VOKAL...
Teknik vokal ialah kaedah sistematik untuk manusia menghasilkan suara yang baik dan merdu sesuai dengan lagu atau teks yang hendak disampaikan. Teknik ini ialah pembentukan untuk tujuan bermakna dan tidak berkaitan dengan pertuturan / percakapan biasa. Teknik vokal tidak akan mengubah keaslian bunyi / suara pertuturan biasa. Sebaliknya teknik ini akan memberi impak dinamika kepada suara asal.
Empat perkara utama yang mesti diperhatikan dalam penguasaan teknik vokal ialah:
1. Intonasi
Intonasi merupakan teknik vokal yang berkait-rapat dengan ketepatan nada (pitch). Intonasi inilah yang akan mewujudkan kejernihan dan kenyaringan suara. Dalam erti kata lain timbul kelunakan suara untuk pendengaran. Syarat-syarat utama untuk penguasaan intonasi ialah pendengaran yang baik, kawalan pernafasan dan rasa muzikal.
2. Artikulasi
Artikulasi ialah pengucapan atau pengeluaran nada yang jelas. Ia berkaitan dengan teknik untuk pengucapan vokal yang baik melalui pengeluaran suara yang jelas, nyaring dan merdu sehingga terdengar lunak dan gemersik. Faktor yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penguasaan artikulasi ialah postur (kedudukan) badan dan pembentukan posisi (bukaan) mulut.
3. Pernafasan
Pernafasan yang dimaksudkan dalam teknik vokal ialah proses pengambilan, penyimpanan dan pengeluaran semula udara semasa berlaku lafazan suara. Terdapat tiga cara pernafasan iaitu pernafasan dada (proses semulajadi), pernafasan perut (proses desakan) dan pernafan diafragma (proses pertuturan). Pernafasan yang digunakan dalam nyanyian ialah pernafasan diafragma kerana ia merupakan pernafasan yang digunakan untuk proses pertuturan atau pengeluaran bunyi dari peti suara manusia. Kawalan pernafasan yang baik atau yang dibentuk secara kawalan dan latihan pada pernafasan diafragma akan dapat menghasilkan suara jernih dengan nafas yang panjang serta mengurangkan ketegangan pada bahagian abdomen, dada, bahu, dan leher.
4. Tangga Nada
Tangga nada adalah susunan nada yang diatur menurut tinggi rendah bunyi sesuai dengan jarak-jarak tertentu. Sebagai contoh:
Tangga nada major bermula dari nada DO dengan pola interval (selang)
1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½
Tangga nada minor bermula dari nada LA dengan pola interval (selang)
1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1
5. Pembawaan
Pembawaan merujuk kepada kemampuan seseorang dalam menyesuaikan emosi dengan isi dan jiwa lagu yang hendak disampaikan. Di sini memerlukan daya imaginasi, lakonan dan kesedaran rasa. Pembawaan memerlukan seseorang untuk menguasai kepelbagaian bunyi di sekeliling melalui proses peniruan yang akan digabungkan untuk penghasilan lafazan nyanyian yang memberi rasa. Pembawaan ini akan memberi tusukan kalbu kepada pendengar
Teknik vokal ialah kaedah sistematik untuk manusia menghasilkan suara yang baik dan merdu sesuai dengan lagu atau teks yang hendak disampaikan. Teknik ini ialah pembentukan untuk tujuan bermakna dan tidak berkaitan dengan pertuturan / percakapan biasa. Teknik vokal tidak akan mengubah keaslian bunyi / suara pertuturan biasa. Sebaliknya teknik ini akan memberi impak dinamika kepada suara asal.
Empat perkara utama yang mesti diperhatikan dalam penguasaan teknik vokal ialah:
1. Intonasi
Intonasi merupakan teknik vokal yang berkait-rapat dengan ketepatan nada (pitch). Intonasi inilah yang akan mewujudkan kejernihan dan kenyaringan suara. Dalam erti kata lain timbul kelunakan suara untuk pendengaran. Syarat-syarat utama untuk penguasaan intonasi ialah pendengaran yang baik, kawalan pernafasan dan rasa muzikal.
2. Artikulasi
Artikulasi ialah pengucapan atau pengeluaran nada yang jelas. Ia berkaitan dengan teknik untuk pengucapan vokal yang baik melalui pengeluaran suara yang jelas, nyaring dan merdu sehingga terdengar lunak dan gemersik. Faktor yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penguasaan artikulasi ialah postur (kedudukan) badan dan pembentukan posisi (bukaan) mulut.
3. Pernafasan
Pernafasan yang dimaksudkan dalam teknik vokal ialah proses pengambilan, penyimpanan dan pengeluaran semula udara semasa berlaku lafazan suara. Terdapat tiga cara pernafasan iaitu pernafasan dada (proses semulajadi), pernafasan perut (proses desakan) dan pernafan diafragma (proses pertuturan). Pernafasan yang digunakan dalam nyanyian ialah pernafasan diafragma kerana ia merupakan pernafasan yang digunakan untuk proses pertuturan atau pengeluaran bunyi dari peti suara manusia. Kawalan pernafasan yang baik atau yang dibentuk secara kawalan dan latihan pada pernafasan diafragma akan dapat menghasilkan suara jernih dengan nafas yang panjang serta mengurangkan ketegangan pada bahagian abdomen, dada, bahu, dan leher.
4. Tangga Nada
Tangga nada adalah susunan nada yang diatur menurut tinggi rendah bunyi sesuai dengan jarak-jarak tertentu. Sebagai contoh:
Tangga nada major bermula dari nada DO dengan pola interval (selang)
1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - 1 - ½
Tangga nada minor bermula dari nada LA dengan pola interval (selang)
1 - ½ - 1 - 1 - ½ - 1 - 1
5. Pembawaan
Pembawaan merujuk kepada kemampuan seseorang dalam menyesuaikan emosi dengan isi dan jiwa lagu yang hendak disampaikan. Di sini memerlukan daya imaginasi, lakonan dan kesedaran rasa. Pembawaan memerlukan seseorang untuk menguasai kepelbagaian bunyi di sekeliling melalui proses peniruan yang akan digabungkan untuk penghasilan lafazan nyanyian yang memberi rasa. Pembawaan ini akan memberi tusukan kalbu kepada pendengar
The lease agreement is definitely a proof otherwise there will be no basis for any
agreement if such ownership was not established at all. The contract was between Sri Paduka Maulana Al Sultan Mohammad Jamalul Alam - representing the sultanate as owner and sovereign of Sabah on one hand, and that of Gustavus Baron de Overbeck and Alfred Dent, representing the British East India Co.(then became the North Borneo Co.), on the other as lessee of Sabah, was executed on June 22, 1878. Though the British turned over the possession and government of Sabah to the federation, the Malaysians have not remissed in paying the annual rental.
The 1939 court judgement on the claim had handed ownership of North Borneo to the heirsof the Sultanate prior to the formation of Malaysian federation in 1963. The judgment of Chief Justice C.F.C. Makaskie of the High Court of North Borneo in the civil suit filed by the late Dayang Dayang Hadji Piandao and eight other heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, including the famous Putri (Princess) Tarhata Kiram, upheld the validity of theclaim of the heirs.
Being a British colony did they favored the Malaysians than returning the leased
territory to its rightful owners as per 1939 court judgement? Did the British influenced the outcome of their sponsored 1962 plebiscite to which won by those who wanted to join the Malaysian federation than be an independent state. One also has to speculate as to why did the British respected a similar treaty with China by returning Hong Kong instead of conducting a plebiscite just like the one conducted in Sabah in 1962, is the Philippines a weak nation that can be ignored? These are some questions that need to be addressed by those who have the mandate to pursue the Philippine claim.
The Malaysian argument before the International Court (The Hague) is in the link below. This is based on the islands disputed between Indonesia and Malaysia wherein the Philippines is trying to intervene.
SO WHY THE REVIVAL OF THE CLAIM NOW?
In the last few months the Malaysian authorities have been deporting, we are not sureif this is the right term for this action knowing the existence of legal claim to North Borneo, thousands of Filipinos from Sabah for being illegals and for lack of necessary documents. There are allegations of inhuman treatments and rapes by Malaysian authorities which are currently being investigated by both governments. It is also good to point out that illegal Indonesians are likewise being sent home through Kalimantan (Borneo part of Indonesia). Both the Philippine and the Indonesian governments have protested the mass deportation and have indignation rallies against the Malaysian action.
Since the time memorial the numerous ethnic tribes in the southern Philippines notably the Tausugs and Badjaos have been traversing the Celebes Sea from Sulu to Borneo and other parts of Indonesia. These tribes are sea faring people and settled from anywhere around the region. To curtail these movements, the Malaysians have decided to demand document from the Filipinos in Sabah. Undocumented Filipinos were deported and could only be admitted back when there are necessary papers presented. This situation is extremely hard specially to those who have fled the secessionist war during the seventies and eighties as they are refugees and do not have any travel documents. These Muslim Filipinos have considered Sabah as part of their domain as their ancestors have been
doing centuries ago. That part of southeast asia is bound by common religion, history...
and people.
agreement if such ownership was not established at all. The contract was between Sri Paduka Maulana Al Sultan Mohammad Jamalul Alam - representing the sultanate as owner and sovereign of Sabah on one hand, and that of Gustavus Baron de Overbeck and Alfred Dent, representing the British East India Co.(then became the North Borneo Co.), on the other as lessee of Sabah, was executed on June 22, 1878. Though the British turned over the possession and government of Sabah to the federation, the Malaysians have not remissed in paying the annual rental.
The 1939 court judgement on the claim had handed ownership of North Borneo to the heirsof the Sultanate prior to the formation of Malaysian federation in 1963. The judgment of Chief Justice C.F.C. Makaskie of the High Court of North Borneo in the civil suit filed by the late Dayang Dayang Hadji Piandao and eight other heirs of the Sultan of Sulu, including the famous Putri (Princess) Tarhata Kiram, upheld the validity of theclaim of the heirs.
Being a British colony did they favored the Malaysians than returning the leased
territory to its rightful owners as per 1939 court judgement? Did the British influenced the outcome of their sponsored 1962 plebiscite to which won by those who wanted to join the Malaysian federation than be an independent state. One also has to speculate as to why did the British respected a similar treaty with China by returning Hong Kong instead of conducting a plebiscite just like the one conducted in Sabah in 1962, is the Philippines a weak nation that can be ignored? These are some questions that need to be addressed by those who have the mandate to pursue the Philippine claim.
The Malaysian argument before the International Court (The Hague) is in the link below. This is based on the islands disputed between Indonesia and Malaysia wherein the Philippines is trying to intervene.
SO WHY THE REVIVAL OF THE CLAIM NOW?
In the last few months the Malaysian authorities have been deporting, we are not sureif this is the right term for this action knowing the existence of legal claim to North Borneo, thousands of Filipinos from Sabah for being illegals and for lack of necessary documents. There are allegations of inhuman treatments and rapes by Malaysian authorities which are currently being investigated by both governments. It is also good to point out that illegal Indonesians are likewise being sent home through Kalimantan (Borneo part of Indonesia). Both the Philippine and the Indonesian governments have protested the mass deportation and have indignation rallies against the Malaysian action.
Since the time memorial the numerous ethnic tribes in the southern Philippines notably the Tausugs and Badjaos have been traversing the Celebes Sea from Sulu to Borneo and other parts of Indonesia. These tribes are sea faring people and settled from anywhere around the region. To curtail these movements, the Malaysians have decided to demand document from the Filipinos in Sabah. Undocumented Filipinos were deported and could only be admitted back when there are necessary papers presented. This situation is extremely hard specially to those who have fled the secessionist war during the seventies and eighties as they are refugees and do not have any travel documents. These Muslim Filipinos have considered Sabah as part of their domain as their ancestors have been
doing centuries ago. That part of southeast asia is bound by common religion, history...
and people.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
DIPLOMACY Vs CONFRONTATION
By: DANIEL JOHN JAMBUN
THE component parties of the Barisan Nasional have been using this outdated excuse that we all should join the BN and create change through diplomacy, or ‘to create change for the inside’ and not be in the opposition because creating change through confrontation will not do any good, or worse, cause damage and destruction. Some NGOs even rationalize that they support BN because ‘we need to move forward, not backward.’
This idea that if you can’t beat them, join them is true only if when you join them, you become their leader. Lee Kuan Yew did that and created history, but most of the others who tried it paid heavily for doing so.
Tun Mustapha lost his political heritage for dismantling Usno and opening the gate for Umno to come and take over Sabah. He later joined PBS to try to fight back the enemy, but it was too late.
Now Datuk Karim Ghani had learned the same lesson as well. PBS joined the BN out of desperation for survival and now it has become silent on many critical issues, but has become a very aggressive attacker of the opposition to please its master.
But my question is, how much benefit had Sabah received because our top leaders had joined the BN and tried to get favours through the diplomatic means? After almost half a century of siding the government (beginning with Datuk Payar Juman’s betrtayal of the old Upko) what real increase of shares have we been given?
The problem with in-party diplomacy is that the boss can say (diplomatically, of course) to the beggar to ‘wait and be patient’. In the meantime, there is that appeasement of giving a series of little things to placate the beggar, but at the same time many things much bigger are taken from the beggar’s house in the name of ‘co-operation’ and ‘loyalty’. In the end the loyal beggar gets a few things and lose many things.
The process continues until the beggar, like Sabah, becomes the poorest state in the whole nation. And still the Sabah leaders believe they are getting a fantastic deal for their people in the whole corrupt system. The tragedy of diplomacy is that diplomacy within a system means continuous begging. If we are talking about diplomacy between two systems, like between two countries, the process is very different.
It is NOT a process of one party begging from the other. It is often a case of negotiating (diplomatically) with THREATS! Diplomats may shake hands and smile nicely in front of the journalists’ cameras, but in the negotiation room, it is ‘If you don’t give us this you will not get this from us!’
That’s is true ‘diplomacy’! A very famous high-tension ‘diplomatic’ situation was when John F. Kennedy blockaded the Cuban warships during the Cuban missile crisis. And it was done under threat of full-scale nuclear war! Cuba relented and Kennedy joined the list of great presidents.
Do all the Sabah BN leaders know this meaning of diplomacy? I doubt it. Many of them are not diplomats but beggars, not leaders but followers, a few even as bad as a ‘kerbau dicucuk hidung’. I know a few who cannot even tell you what GDP is.
Many don’t even raise their voices to their own bosses who are milking off their state, but are barking at the opposition leaders who are trying their best to fight for what is right, and to get back what has been taken away from us.
Recently, the BN parties in Sabah managed to get favours from BN, partly because of noises made by the opposition. UPKO praised the government for implementing Borneonization in two departments but they failed to say thank you to the opposition for having continuously harped on the issue.
Remember, it was Dr. Jeffrey who raised the BN lack of gratitude for Sabah and Sarawak which helped the BN retain power in the 12th general elections. Then many people got appointed to become full ministers and speakers of parliaments, even an ambassador. (But, of course, Dr. Jeffrey is not holding his breath for the arrival of the hampers and bouquets of flowers!).
I would like to ask them these three important questions: If diplomacy is good, how come we have lost so much rights listed in the 20 Points, the IGC and the Malaysia Agreement? If diplomacy and co-operation is so beneficial, how come we have become the poorest state in Malaysia? If diplomacy and co-operation is the best way to look after our interests, why is Sabah now inundated with aliens which the federal government has no wish to get rid off?
Gentlemen, if we look back we will realise that the great changes that occurred in history are those that happened through confrontations like demonstrations and war. Oppressions were stopped because of rebellions. But we in the a democratic system are lucky because we can create change without bloodshed, but through voicing out issues in the media and replace bad governments through the ballot box. Some BN leaders need to remember that they too were in the opposition in the past
By: DANIEL JOHN JAMBUN
THE component parties of the Barisan Nasional have been using this outdated excuse that we all should join the BN and create change through diplomacy, or ‘to create change for the inside’ and not be in the opposition because creating change through confrontation will not do any good, or worse, cause damage and destruction. Some NGOs even rationalize that they support BN because ‘we need to move forward, not backward.’
This idea that if you can’t beat them, join them is true only if when you join them, you become their leader. Lee Kuan Yew did that and created history, but most of the others who tried it paid heavily for doing so.
Tun Mustapha lost his political heritage for dismantling Usno and opening the gate for Umno to come and take over Sabah. He later joined PBS to try to fight back the enemy, but it was too late.
Now Datuk Karim Ghani had learned the same lesson as well. PBS joined the BN out of desperation for survival and now it has become silent on many critical issues, but has become a very aggressive attacker of the opposition to please its master.
But my question is, how much benefit had Sabah received because our top leaders had joined the BN and tried to get favours through the diplomatic means? After almost half a century of siding the government (beginning with Datuk Payar Juman’s betrtayal of the old Upko) what real increase of shares have we been given?
The problem with in-party diplomacy is that the boss can say (diplomatically, of course) to the beggar to ‘wait and be patient’. In the meantime, there is that appeasement of giving a series of little things to placate the beggar, but at the same time many things much bigger are taken from the beggar’s house in the name of ‘co-operation’ and ‘loyalty’. In the end the loyal beggar gets a few things and lose many things.
The process continues until the beggar, like Sabah, becomes the poorest state in the whole nation. And still the Sabah leaders believe they are getting a fantastic deal for their people in the whole corrupt system. The tragedy of diplomacy is that diplomacy within a system means continuous begging. If we are talking about diplomacy between two systems, like between two countries, the process is very different.
It is NOT a process of one party begging from the other. It is often a case of negotiating (diplomatically) with THREATS! Diplomats may shake hands and smile nicely in front of the journalists’ cameras, but in the negotiation room, it is ‘If you don’t give us this you will not get this from us!’
That’s is true ‘diplomacy’! A very famous high-tension ‘diplomatic’ situation was when John F. Kennedy blockaded the Cuban warships during the Cuban missile crisis. And it was done under threat of full-scale nuclear war! Cuba relented and Kennedy joined the list of great presidents.
Do all the Sabah BN leaders know this meaning of diplomacy? I doubt it. Many of them are not diplomats but beggars, not leaders but followers, a few even as bad as a ‘kerbau dicucuk hidung’. I know a few who cannot even tell you what GDP is.
Many don’t even raise their voices to their own bosses who are milking off their state, but are barking at the opposition leaders who are trying their best to fight for what is right, and to get back what has been taken away from us.
Recently, the BN parties in Sabah managed to get favours from BN, partly because of noises made by the opposition. UPKO praised the government for implementing Borneonization in two departments but they failed to say thank you to the opposition for having continuously harped on the issue.
Remember, it was Dr. Jeffrey who raised the BN lack of gratitude for Sabah and Sarawak which helped the BN retain power in the 12th general elections. Then many people got appointed to become full ministers and speakers of parliaments, even an ambassador. (But, of course, Dr. Jeffrey is not holding his breath for the arrival of the hampers and bouquets of flowers!).
I would like to ask them these three important questions: If diplomacy is good, how come we have lost so much rights listed in the 20 Points, the IGC and the Malaysia Agreement? If diplomacy and co-operation is so beneficial, how come we have become the poorest state in Malaysia? If diplomacy and co-operation is the best way to look after our interests, why is Sabah now inundated with aliens which the federal government has no wish to get rid off?
Gentlemen, if we look back we will realise that the great changes that occurred in history are those that happened through confrontations like demonstrations and war. Oppressions were stopped because of rebellions. But we in the a democratic system are lucky because we can create change without bloodshed, but through voicing out issues in the media and replace bad governments through the ballot box. Some BN leaders need to remember that they too were in the opposition in the past
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Hindraf shocks Sabah, S’wak reps
Luke Rintod of FMT
Participants at an inaugural conference on the future of marginalised and minority communities get a shocking insight into the Indian community.
KUALA LUMPUR: Indigenous delegates from Sabah and Sarawak attending the National Human Rights Conference on the Future of Marginalised and Minority Communities in Malaysia were stunned when told of the conditions of the majority of Indians in Peninsular Malaysia.
Reacting to a paper presented by Hindraf national coordinator, W Sambulingam, one delegate from Sabah who declined to be named, told FMT: “I almost forget about my our own crippling conditions in Sabah.”
In his presentation, Sambulingam had described in detail, along with facts and figures, the striking conditions of the Indians in Malaysia.
He revealed that so depressed were their lives that suicide rates among the Indians were the highest at 21.1 suicides in every 100,000 Indians.
He also said that more than 30% of Indians do not own a house, compared to 25% Malays and 18% Chinese.
“Because of extremely depressed conditions, the suicide rate among Indians is also very high, that is 21.1 suicides in every 100,000 Indians, compared to 8.6 per 100,000 Chinese and 2.6 per 100,000 Malays.
“There are many Indians who live in destitution in urban squatter colonies. There are thousands of stateless Indian children and adults. We have a very low performance in life due to the systematic denial of opportunities in the areas of education, employment and business,” he said.
Indian youths in crime
But most worrying, he pointed out, was the fact that 40% of the Indian youths are involved in crime and more than 60% of inmates in detentions camps are Indians.
In addition, more than 95% of police custodial deaths are also Indians, he said.
“This is a burgeoning problem… Indians today are stereotyped and vulnerable to be linked to crimes. They are being relegated to all the low end jobs in society, very small involvement in development programmes in the country.
“Complete landlessness is overwhelming the community. The entire Tamil School primary system needs to be revamped. Land for Tamil schools, Hindu temples, and burial grounds need to be addressed but who is listening to our plight?” he asked.
He said the government must provide equal opportunities based on merit and reaffirm Article 153 and Article 8 of the Federal Constitution that guarantees equal rights for all.
Among those in attendance at the one-day conference here were Kita party pesident, Zaid Ibrahim, CigMa chief Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, well known Sabah social activist Patrick Sindu, and scores of social justice advocates. Also attending were 200 participants from various communities
Hindraf shocks Sabah, S’wak reps
Luke Rintod of FMT
Participants at an inaugural conference on the future of marginalised and minority communities get a shocking insight into the Indian community.
KUALA LUMPUR: Indigenous delegates from Sabah and Sarawak attending the National Human Rights Conference on the Future of Marginalised and Minority Communities in Malaysia were stunned when told of the conditions of the majority of Indians in Peninsular Malaysia.
Reacting to a paper presented by Hindraf national coordinator, W Sambulingam, one delegate from Sabah who declined to be named, told FMT: “I almost forget about my our own crippling conditions in Sabah.”
In his presentation, Sambulingam had described in detail, along with facts and figures, the striking conditions of the Indians in Malaysia.
He revealed that so depressed were their lives that suicide rates among the Indians were the highest at 21.1 suicides in every 100,000 Indians.
He also said that more than 30% of Indians do not own a house, compared to 25% Malays and 18% Chinese.
“Because of extremely depressed conditions, the suicide rate among Indians is also very high, that is 21.1 suicides in every 100,000 Indians, compared to 8.6 per 100,000 Chinese and 2.6 per 100,000 Malays.
“There are many Indians who live in destitution in urban squatter colonies. There are thousands of stateless Indian children and adults. We have a very low performance in life due to the systematic denial of opportunities in the areas of education, employment and business,” he said.
Indian youths in crime
But most worrying, he pointed out, was the fact that 40% of the Indian youths are involved in crime and more than 60% of inmates in detentions camps are Indians.
In addition, more than 95% of police custodial deaths are also Indians, he said.
“This is a burgeoning problem… Indians today are stereotyped and vulnerable to be linked to crimes. They are being relegated to all the low end jobs in society, very small involvement in development programmes in the country.
“Complete landlessness is overwhelming the community. The entire Tamil School primary system needs to be revamped. Land for Tamil schools, Hindu temples, and burial grounds need to be addressed but who is listening to our plight?” he asked.
He said the government must provide equal opportunities based on merit and reaffirm Article 153 and Article 8 of the Federal Constitution that guarantees equal rights for all.
Among those in attendance at the one-day conference here were Kita party pesident, Zaid Ibrahim, CigMa chief Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, well known Sabah social activist Patrick Sindu, and scores of social justice advocates. Also attending were 200 participants from various communities
KUNYIT – LEBIH DARIPADA BAHAN REMPAH UNTUK MEMBUAT KARI
oleh: Benjamin Drewe
Jarang-jarang sekali dapat kita temui sebuah taman kampung di kawasan tropika yang
tidak ditumbuhi pokok berdaun besar yang merupakan anggota famili halia ini. Nama
saintifiknya ialah Curcuma longa, manakala dalam bahasa Inggeris biasa pula ia
dipanggil Turmeric. Batangnya yang seakan akar, dipanggil rizom, ditumbuhi akar serta
tunas, dan dan mudah dikenali dengan warna kuning/jingga. Batang berakar inilah yang
menjadi bahan utama untuk dijadikan serbuk kari. Malah, rasa kunyit inilah yang
memberikan rasa utama yang terdapat pada serbuk rempah yang menjadi ramuan asas
bagi kebanyakan juadah Asia, manakala bahan rempah lain hanya menghasilkan
kebanyakannya rasa pedas-pedas sahaja.
Kunyit merupakan contoh terbaik satu keadaan yang mana garis pemisah di antara
herba bahan masakan dan herba ubatan adalah amat halus sekali. Di samping
menghasilkan perisa dan warna kepada pelbagai gulai, secara serentak sifat
antipengoksidanya melindungi sistem pencernaan anda daripada toksin (bahan
beracun) dan asid lemak berbahaya yang terkandung dalam makanan, serta membantu
sistem imun anda untuk menentang jangkitan dan meredakan masalah radang lebihan
dalam keseluruhan tubuh anda. Dari segi ini, penggunaan Kunyit dalam masakan kari
dan pelbagai jenis gulai lain di Asia sepastinya tidak berlaku secara kebetulan,
terutamanya memandangkan bahawa cuaca di negara tropika yang kebanyakannya
panas dan lembap menyebabkan makanan yang dimasak boleh menjadi basi dalam
tempoh hanya beberapa jam sahaja.
Pigmen kuning yang terdapat pada Kunyit terhasil daripada kandungan utamanya,
curcumin, yang juga merupakan ramuan ubatannya yang paling aktif. Ramuan inilah
yang telah menjadikan Kunyit suatu herba ubatan paling utama sejak zaman purba lagi.
Tidak hairanlah bahawa Kunyit tersenarai dalam sebuah kitab herba Assyria bertarikh
kira-kira tahun 600 sebelum Masihi, di samping ada juga disebut oleh seorang tokoh
masyhur dalam sejarah bernama Dioscorides. Kunyit memainkan peranan penting
dalam sistem perubatan tradisional India iaitu Ayurveda dan juga sistem perubatan
tradisional Cina, di samping menjadi suatu bahan dagangan utama yang dibawa dari
Asia ke Barat sejak zaman terawal perdagangan antara benua menggunakan kapal
layar melalui "laluan rempah" yang merentasi Lautan Hindi.
Kunyit dan ramuan aktifnya, curcumin, telah terbukti memiliki sejulat luas tindakan
penyembuh dalam kajian melibatkan haiwan mahupun kajian terhadap manusia tanpa
mengakibatkan sebarang ketoksikan (keracunan). Kajian-kajian ini telah menunjukkan
bahawa Kunyit mempunyai sifat-sifat berikut: antipengoksida, antiradang, antiplatlet,
mengurangkan kolesterol, antiketumbuhan, penyembuh luka, malah mungkin juga kesan
anti-HIV.
ANTIPENGOKSIDA
Manakala mekanisme tepat bagi tindakan bahan-bahan yang terkandung dalam Kunyit
masih diselidiki untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang lebih jelas tentangnya, diketahui
bahawa gabungan khasiat antipengoksida kuatlah yang melindungi daripada kerosakan
akibat radikal bebas, lalu dengan itu membuat Kunyit berguna dalam menentang
pelbagai masalah yang mana radikal bebas memainkan peranan utama.
ANTIRADANG
Di India, Kunyit lazim digunakan untuk merawat atritis (sakit sendi) dan asma (lelah),
bilamana penduduk kampung akan menelan serbuk Kunyit dengan sukatan sudu teh
ketika mengalami masalah. Hasil penyelidikan telah menunjukkan bahawa Kunyit
meredakan radang melalui tindakan antihistamin berserta peningkatan dalam
penghasilan kortison asli daripada kelenjar adrenal. Dalam dua kajian (double-blind)
didapati bahawa Kunyit memiliki sifat antiradang yang mujarab pada pesakit yang
menghidapi atritis reumatoid di samping berkesan untuk melegakan radang selepas
pembedahan.
PELINDUNG HATI
Di Asia, Kunyit lazimnya digunakan untuk merawat masalah kurang pencernaan, jaundis
(sakit kuning), serta masalah hati dan pepundi hempedu (gall bladder). Kajian telah
menunjukkan bahawa curcumin mempunyai sifat-sifat melindung hati daripada
sebilangan sebatian toksik. Kunyit juga menghasilkan kesan menggalakkan pengaliran
hempedu. Manakala Kunyit berguna untuk mencegah penyakit pepundi hempedu, ia
harus digunakan dengan lebih berhati-hati dalam merawat batu hempedu (gallstone).
Kerosakan hati akibat keracunan makanan juga dapat dipulihkan. Dalam satu kajian
rabun dua pihak (double-blind) di Thailand, Kunyit dikaji kesannya dalam melegakan
kurang pencernaan dan angin. Bilangan mengagumkan iaitu sebanyak 87% daripada
pesakit yang menerima rawatan Curcuma menunjukkan hasil positif terhadap rawatan,
yang telah mendorong penghasilan beberapa ubatan paten untuk kurang pencernaan
mengandungi curcumin terpiawai. Kunyit juga mengandungi beberapa sebatian asli
yang bertindak sebagai bahan antiasid asli, dengan itu melindungi salutan perut
daripada asid lebihan dan pembentukan ulser (borok).
ANTI-ARTEROSKLEROSIS
Kunyit juga telah terbukti berupaya mengurangkan platlet (suatu bahan kandungan
darah yang terlibat dalam pembekuan darah) daripada bergugus-gugus, lalu
memperbaik peredaran darah dan membantu melindungi daripada arterosklerosis
(pemegalan sendi). Beberapa kajian juga telah menunjukkan bahawa menelan pati
Kunyit setiap hari mengurangkan paras lipoprotein ketumpatan rendah (LDL, atau
kolesterol tidak bagus) dan meningkatkan lipoprotein ketumpatan tinggi HDL, atau
kolesterol bagus) di kalangan subjek kajian yang sihat. Kesemua penyelidik merumus
bahawa Kunyit berguna dalam pengurusan arterosklerosis dan penyakit kardiovaskular.
MENINGKATKAN SISTEM IMUN DAN ANTIBARAH
Berbilangan institut penyelidikan barah, termasuk Pusat Penyelidikan Barah Amala di
India, telah mengesahkan bahawa curcumin meningkatkan secara ketara beberapa
parameter aktiviti sistem imun dalam meningkatkan aktiviti melawan jangkitan dan
antiketumbuhan. Para penyelidik juga telah memulakan beberapa kajian terhadap
penggunaan curcumin untuk merawat jangkitan HIV, yang mana ia telah didapati
memiliki sifat-sifat anti-HIV yang nyata dalam tabung uji. Ia juga didapati melindungi
jangkitan seterusnya akibat keimunan yang terturun, misalnya jangkitan virus Epstein-
Barr (EBV). Pelbagai kajian lain juga telah menunjukkan tindakan mencegah barah oleh
curcumin dalam kes barah-barah berikut: kerviks, perut, duodenum, kolon, payu dara
dan kulit, dengan peningkatan tambahan dalam kesan pembunuh barah oleh kaedah
radioterapi dan kemoterapi.
Sebanyak manakah biasanya harus ditelan? Manakala Kunyit sebagai suatu rempah
sememangnya berguna sebagai sebahagian daripada makanan biasa seseorang,
sesetengah daripada bahan dalam kunyit tidak larut dalam air, dan sesetengah yang lain
pula terlalu peka (sensitif) terhadap haba. Dos harian yang dianggap sesuai ialah 0.5
gram serbuk kering sehari. Manakala paras curcumin yang terdapat dalam kunyit kering
biasanya antara 1.5 hingga 4%, untuk memperolehi hasil yang lebih baik pati kunyit
terpiawai dijangka lebih mujarab. Ada baiknya jika diingati bahawa Kunyit jarang kali
disediakan sebagai herba tunggal, tetapi lazimnya secara bergabung dengan herba lain
dalam rumusan herba.
FITONUTRIEN
Fasa seterusnya dalam penyelidikan herba kini mula melihat herba seumpama Kunyit
sebagai “fitonutrien” (phytonutrients), iaitu zat tumbuhan yang menyediakan kita dengan
perlindungan dan sokongan pemakanan yang penting. Zat herba ini tidak terdapat pada
suplemen garam galian atau suplemen vitamin, tetapi lahir daripada tindak balas kimia
yang rumit di antara bahan-bahan herba itu sendiri. Hanya penyelidikan selanjutnya
sahaja yang bakal memberikan kita kefahaman tepat tentang sebanyak manakah
manfaat kesihatan yang kita perolehi setiap kali kita menikmati kari atau gulai
kegemaran kita.
Benjamin Drewe ialah seorang Pengamal
Perubatan Herba. Untuk maklumat selanjutnya
oleh: Benjamin Drewe
Jarang-jarang sekali dapat kita temui sebuah taman kampung di kawasan tropika yang
tidak ditumbuhi pokok berdaun besar yang merupakan anggota famili halia ini. Nama
saintifiknya ialah Curcuma longa, manakala dalam bahasa Inggeris biasa pula ia
dipanggil Turmeric. Batangnya yang seakan akar, dipanggil rizom, ditumbuhi akar serta
tunas, dan dan mudah dikenali dengan warna kuning/jingga. Batang berakar inilah yang
menjadi bahan utama untuk dijadikan serbuk kari. Malah, rasa kunyit inilah yang
memberikan rasa utama yang terdapat pada serbuk rempah yang menjadi ramuan asas
bagi kebanyakan juadah Asia, manakala bahan rempah lain hanya menghasilkan
kebanyakannya rasa pedas-pedas sahaja.
Kunyit merupakan contoh terbaik satu keadaan yang mana garis pemisah di antara
herba bahan masakan dan herba ubatan adalah amat halus sekali. Di samping
menghasilkan perisa dan warna kepada pelbagai gulai, secara serentak sifat
antipengoksidanya melindungi sistem pencernaan anda daripada toksin (bahan
beracun) dan asid lemak berbahaya yang terkandung dalam makanan, serta membantu
sistem imun anda untuk menentang jangkitan dan meredakan masalah radang lebihan
dalam keseluruhan tubuh anda. Dari segi ini, penggunaan Kunyit dalam masakan kari
dan pelbagai jenis gulai lain di Asia sepastinya tidak berlaku secara kebetulan,
terutamanya memandangkan bahawa cuaca di negara tropika yang kebanyakannya
panas dan lembap menyebabkan makanan yang dimasak boleh menjadi basi dalam
tempoh hanya beberapa jam sahaja.
Pigmen kuning yang terdapat pada Kunyit terhasil daripada kandungan utamanya,
curcumin, yang juga merupakan ramuan ubatannya yang paling aktif. Ramuan inilah
yang telah menjadikan Kunyit suatu herba ubatan paling utama sejak zaman purba lagi.
Tidak hairanlah bahawa Kunyit tersenarai dalam sebuah kitab herba Assyria bertarikh
kira-kira tahun 600 sebelum Masihi, di samping ada juga disebut oleh seorang tokoh
masyhur dalam sejarah bernama Dioscorides. Kunyit memainkan peranan penting
dalam sistem perubatan tradisional India iaitu Ayurveda dan juga sistem perubatan
tradisional Cina, di samping menjadi suatu bahan dagangan utama yang dibawa dari
Asia ke Barat sejak zaman terawal perdagangan antara benua menggunakan kapal
layar melalui "laluan rempah" yang merentasi Lautan Hindi.
Kunyit dan ramuan aktifnya, curcumin, telah terbukti memiliki sejulat luas tindakan
penyembuh dalam kajian melibatkan haiwan mahupun kajian terhadap manusia tanpa
mengakibatkan sebarang ketoksikan (keracunan). Kajian-kajian ini telah menunjukkan
bahawa Kunyit mempunyai sifat-sifat berikut: antipengoksida, antiradang, antiplatlet,
mengurangkan kolesterol, antiketumbuhan, penyembuh luka, malah mungkin juga kesan
anti-HIV.
ANTIPENGOKSIDA
Manakala mekanisme tepat bagi tindakan bahan-bahan yang terkandung dalam Kunyit
masih diselidiki untuk mendapatkan pemahaman yang lebih jelas tentangnya, diketahui
bahawa gabungan khasiat antipengoksida kuatlah yang melindungi daripada kerosakan
akibat radikal bebas, lalu dengan itu membuat Kunyit berguna dalam menentang
pelbagai masalah yang mana radikal bebas memainkan peranan utama.
ANTIRADANG
Di India, Kunyit lazim digunakan untuk merawat atritis (sakit sendi) dan asma (lelah),
bilamana penduduk kampung akan menelan serbuk Kunyit dengan sukatan sudu teh
ketika mengalami masalah. Hasil penyelidikan telah menunjukkan bahawa Kunyit
meredakan radang melalui tindakan antihistamin berserta peningkatan dalam
penghasilan kortison asli daripada kelenjar adrenal. Dalam dua kajian (double-blind)
didapati bahawa Kunyit memiliki sifat antiradang yang mujarab pada pesakit yang
menghidapi atritis reumatoid di samping berkesan untuk melegakan radang selepas
pembedahan.
PELINDUNG HATI
Di Asia, Kunyit lazimnya digunakan untuk merawat masalah kurang pencernaan, jaundis
(sakit kuning), serta masalah hati dan pepundi hempedu (gall bladder). Kajian telah
menunjukkan bahawa curcumin mempunyai sifat-sifat melindung hati daripada
sebilangan sebatian toksik. Kunyit juga menghasilkan kesan menggalakkan pengaliran
hempedu. Manakala Kunyit berguna untuk mencegah penyakit pepundi hempedu, ia
harus digunakan dengan lebih berhati-hati dalam merawat batu hempedu (gallstone).
Kerosakan hati akibat keracunan makanan juga dapat dipulihkan. Dalam satu kajian
rabun dua pihak (double-blind) di Thailand, Kunyit dikaji kesannya dalam melegakan
kurang pencernaan dan angin. Bilangan mengagumkan iaitu sebanyak 87% daripada
pesakit yang menerima rawatan Curcuma menunjukkan hasil positif terhadap rawatan,
yang telah mendorong penghasilan beberapa ubatan paten untuk kurang pencernaan
mengandungi curcumin terpiawai. Kunyit juga mengandungi beberapa sebatian asli
yang bertindak sebagai bahan antiasid asli, dengan itu melindungi salutan perut
daripada asid lebihan dan pembentukan ulser (borok).
ANTI-ARTEROSKLEROSIS
Kunyit juga telah terbukti berupaya mengurangkan platlet (suatu bahan kandungan
darah yang terlibat dalam pembekuan darah) daripada bergugus-gugus, lalu
memperbaik peredaran darah dan membantu melindungi daripada arterosklerosis
(pemegalan sendi). Beberapa kajian juga telah menunjukkan bahawa menelan pati
Kunyit setiap hari mengurangkan paras lipoprotein ketumpatan rendah (LDL, atau
kolesterol tidak bagus) dan meningkatkan lipoprotein ketumpatan tinggi HDL, atau
kolesterol bagus) di kalangan subjek kajian yang sihat. Kesemua penyelidik merumus
bahawa Kunyit berguna dalam pengurusan arterosklerosis dan penyakit kardiovaskular.
MENINGKATKAN SISTEM IMUN DAN ANTIBARAH
Berbilangan institut penyelidikan barah, termasuk Pusat Penyelidikan Barah Amala di
India, telah mengesahkan bahawa curcumin meningkatkan secara ketara beberapa
parameter aktiviti sistem imun dalam meningkatkan aktiviti melawan jangkitan dan
antiketumbuhan. Para penyelidik juga telah memulakan beberapa kajian terhadap
penggunaan curcumin untuk merawat jangkitan HIV, yang mana ia telah didapati
memiliki sifat-sifat anti-HIV yang nyata dalam tabung uji. Ia juga didapati melindungi
jangkitan seterusnya akibat keimunan yang terturun, misalnya jangkitan virus Epstein-
Barr (EBV). Pelbagai kajian lain juga telah menunjukkan tindakan mencegah barah oleh
curcumin dalam kes barah-barah berikut: kerviks, perut, duodenum, kolon, payu dara
dan kulit, dengan peningkatan tambahan dalam kesan pembunuh barah oleh kaedah
radioterapi dan kemoterapi.
Sebanyak manakah biasanya harus ditelan? Manakala Kunyit sebagai suatu rempah
sememangnya berguna sebagai sebahagian daripada makanan biasa seseorang,
sesetengah daripada bahan dalam kunyit tidak larut dalam air, dan sesetengah yang lain
pula terlalu peka (sensitif) terhadap haba. Dos harian yang dianggap sesuai ialah 0.5
gram serbuk kering sehari. Manakala paras curcumin yang terdapat dalam kunyit kering
biasanya antara 1.5 hingga 4%, untuk memperolehi hasil yang lebih baik pati kunyit
terpiawai dijangka lebih mujarab. Ada baiknya jika diingati bahawa Kunyit jarang kali
disediakan sebagai herba tunggal, tetapi lazimnya secara bergabung dengan herba lain
dalam rumusan herba.
FITONUTRIEN
Fasa seterusnya dalam penyelidikan herba kini mula melihat herba seumpama Kunyit
sebagai “fitonutrien” (phytonutrients), iaitu zat tumbuhan yang menyediakan kita dengan
perlindungan dan sokongan pemakanan yang penting. Zat herba ini tidak terdapat pada
suplemen garam galian atau suplemen vitamin, tetapi lahir daripada tindak balas kimia
yang rumit di antara bahan-bahan herba itu sendiri. Hanya penyelidikan selanjutnya
sahaja yang bakal memberikan kita kefahaman tepat tentang sebanyak manakah
manfaat kesihatan yang kita perolehi setiap kali kita menikmati kari atau gulai
kegemaran kita.
Benjamin Drewe ialah seorang Pengamal
Perubatan Herba. Untuk maklumat selanjutnya
TIME FOR SABAH AND SARAWAK TO GROW UP.(Jan24th2011) The people of Sabah and Sarawak must learn to be self-reliant if they are to reclaim their rights.
KOTA KINABALU: United Borneo Front (UBF) leader, Jeffrey Kitingan, wants the people of Sabah and Sarawak to wean themselves off the habit of relying on the federal government for their future.
He said that it was time the people in these Borneo states learnt to be self-reliant, generated their own wealth, reclaimed what is rightfully theirs and determined their future.
“I realised very early on that we must not rely too much on the federal government for our development and that both Sabah and Sarawak must learn to be self-sufficient and self-reliant to generate our own wealth and reclaim what is rightfully ours,” he said in statement yesterday following his visit to Singapore to meet with former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Jeffrey, along with UBF co-founder Nilakrishna James and Sabah political writer Raymond Tombung, met Lee to seek his views on the birth of Malaysia.
According to Jeffrey, he was shocked to hear Lee say that he felt “deep collateral guilt” for not advising Borneo leaders what they were getting into.
“When Nilakrisna expressed her disappointment at the level of poverty in Borneo vis-à-vis the immense development and wealth of Singapore… and asked Lee why as an educated lawyer and a more advanced statesman, he did not advise the Borneo leaders on a more water-tight provision to secure their rights, equality and safeguards in the Malaysia Agreement of 1963, Lee could only repeat that he felt “deep collateral guilt”.
“Guilt, as far as we are concerned, will not reverse the situation. Tell the truth, repair the damage or provide solutions to our problems,” said Jeffrey.
He said that he could “only sense pity or condescension” from Singapore and the peninsula for the Borneo dilemma.
‘The Birth of Malaysia’
Meanwhile, Jeffrey also urged the government to consider making the book “The Birth of Malaysia” written by former SNAP president and Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee, Amar James Wong, a compulsory history textbook for secondary schools in the country.
The book contains key documents leading up to the Malaysia Agreement in 1963, including the Malaysia proclamation by the country’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Cobbold Commission Report and the Inter-Governmental Committee Report in 1962.
Jeffrey said that UBF would go all out to promote the book in its ongoing campaign to restore the historical facts about Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak in particular.
The UBF leaders recently held an informal meeting with Wong in Kuching to discuss cooperation between UBF and SNAP, as well as the genesis of the formation of Malaysia.
Jeffrey said that they discussed UBF’s direction and the amalgamating of various agendas between different racial groups in Borneo.
Wong, a prolific writer and now in his late 80s, has spent his life determined to tell the truth about the formation of the federation through the book, “The Birth of Malaysia”.
Shared experiences
A former ISA detainee himself, Jeffrey said that his shared experience with Wong under the ISA made them both determined to tell the story of Malaysia to the world.
“A former Malaysian prime minister told me that I should not teach the people what the people don’t know. He probably felt that ignorance would be a guarantee to the continual leadership of the present regime.
“I decided to defy this and believe that knowledge would empower the greatest among us and pave the way for a fairer system that would reward those who rise through merit. Wong and I have many things in common and he is one of the last of the true warriors.”
UBF officials will be making courtesy calls on various leaders who were pertinent at the time of the formation of Malaysia to find out more about the story of Malaysia.
Malaysia does not have a clear identity in the world because it does not have a true record of its history, they say.
“If you are ignorant about the political genesis of your own country and the true meaning of a federation, you can’t call yourself a Malaysian ambassador or politician for you are in no position to speak truthfully about your country,” explained Nilakrisna.
She added that UBF would be making bulk orders of Wong’s books to distribute and help promote it as an important textbook on the nation’s history. JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH PANAS MEMBERS WHO MIGHT HAVE MISS THIS GOOD AND WONDERFUL NEWS. THANKS
KOTA KINABALU: United Borneo Front (UBF) leader, Jeffrey Kitingan, wants the people of Sabah and Sarawak to wean themselves off the habit of relying on the federal government for their future.
He said that it was time the people in these Borneo states learnt to be self-reliant, generated their own wealth, reclaimed what is rightfully theirs and determined their future.
“I realised very early on that we must not rely too much on the federal government for our development and that both Sabah and Sarawak must learn to be self-sufficient and self-reliant to generate our own wealth and reclaim what is rightfully ours,” he said in statement yesterday following his visit to Singapore to meet with former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Jeffrey, along with UBF co-founder Nilakrishna James and Sabah political writer Raymond Tombung, met Lee to seek his views on the birth of Malaysia.
According to Jeffrey, he was shocked to hear Lee say that he felt “deep collateral guilt” for not advising Borneo leaders what they were getting into.
“When Nilakrisna expressed her disappointment at the level of poverty in Borneo vis-à-vis the immense development and wealth of Singapore… and asked Lee why as an educated lawyer and a more advanced statesman, he did not advise the Borneo leaders on a more water-tight provision to secure their rights, equality and safeguards in the Malaysia Agreement of 1963, Lee could only repeat that he felt “deep collateral guilt”.
“Guilt, as far as we are concerned, will not reverse the situation. Tell the truth, repair the damage or provide solutions to our problems,” said Jeffrey.
He said that he could “only sense pity or condescension” from Singapore and the peninsula for the Borneo dilemma.
‘The Birth of Malaysia’
Meanwhile, Jeffrey also urged the government to consider making the book “The Birth of Malaysia” written by former SNAP president and Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee, Amar James Wong, a compulsory history textbook for secondary schools in the country.
The book contains key documents leading up to the Malaysia Agreement in 1963, including the Malaysia proclamation by the country’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Cobbold Commission Report and the Inter-Governmental Committee Report in 1962.
Jeffrey said that UBF would go all out to promote the book in its ongoing campaign to restore the historical facts about Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak in particular.
The UBF leaders recently held an informal meeting with Wong in Kuching to discuss cooperation between UBF and SNAP, as well as the genesis of the formation of Malaysia.
Jeffrey said that they discussed UBF’s direction and the amalgamating of various agendas between different racial groups in Borneo.
Wong, a prolific writer and now in his late 80s, has spent his life determined to tell the truth about the formation of the federation through the book, “The Birth of Malaysia”.
Shared experiences
A former ISA detainee himself, Jeffrey said that his shared experience with Wong under the ISA made them both determined to tell the story of Malaysia to the world.
“A former Malaysian prime minister told me that I should not teach the people what the people don’t know. He probably felt that ignorance would be a guarantee to the continual leadership of the present regime.
“I decided to defy this and believe that knowledge would empower the greatest among us and pave the way for a fairer system that would reward those who rise through merit. Wong and I have many things in common and he is one of the last of the true warriors.”
UBF officials will be making courtesy calls on various leaders who were pertinent at the time of the formation of Malaysia to find out more about the story of Malaysia.
Malaysia does not have a clear identity in the world because it does not have a true record of its history, they say.
“If you are ignorant about the political genesis of your own country and the true meaning of a federation, you can’t call yourself a Malaysian ambassador or politician for you are in no position to speak truthfully about your country,” explained Nilakrisna.
She added that UBF would be making bulk orders of Wong’s books to distribute and help promote it as an important textbook on the nation’s history. JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH PANAS MEMBERS WHO MIGHT HAVE MISS THIS GOOD AND WONDERFUL NEWS. THANKS
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